What's In Your Tape Cassette Deck Tonight?

Apple .... Mother Love Bone.

Would love to get this on vinyl but near unobtanium!!
Well at any price I would be happy to pay........
😁

Standing Hampton ..... Sammy Hagar.

Original 1981 release.

SQ is pretty sharp!

One more from the Road..... Lynyrd Skynyrd.

1980 reissue of 1976 original.

At Fillmore East .... The Allman Brothers Band.

2 record set all on one tape.

1986 reissue of the 1974 original.

Wondered when you would manage to drag yourself away from the SOTA Brian.
🤔🤔

Enjoy this revitalized thread.

Street Life 20 Great Hits .... Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music.

Nice Mofi.

In my last preowned cassette haul there were 5 Spyro tapes.
Not got round to them yet but I think I have all of them on vinyl though.

Frampton Comes Alive.
A&M cs-3703.

Another silicone rescue, hopefully the tape will hang in on this one.

Don’t you just hate that!
Got to end of side 2 and the tape pulled right off the hub and now junk as a sealed case....grrrrrrr.

I have that on cd .
I need to make a few new tapes myself, on vacation now for 10 days so hopefully find a bit of time to use some of my metal tapes.

A Question Of Balance .... The Moody Blues.

Took a fair bit of silicone coating to rescue this from “squeaky hell “

Winelight Come Morning ..... Grover Washington JR.

Southern by the Grace of God .... The Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour.

A Question Of Balance .... The Moody Blues

American Pie ..... Don Mclean.

1980 reissue

Ten Years After Greatest Hits 

1987 reissue.

Unfortunately the SQ is terrible, to the cull pile it goes.

Thanks for the meaningful contribution......

That’s actually pretty sad story there.
What a world.

Right now.

Aerosmith S/T

1980 reissue 

Days of Future Passed .... The Moody Blues.

Everything I see says this is an original 1967 Deram tape😲

Who knew.... Cassette Store Day!

https://exclaim.ca/amparticle/cassette_store_days_2020_edition_is_coming_this_fall

Frampton Comes Alive .... Peter Frampton.

Original A&M 1976 tape in shockingly great condition and SQ.

For the dedicated tapeheads, this might be of interest...

Just for the few dedicated souls who still actually play pre-recorded cassette tapes, you may find this usefull if any of your tapes have "the squeal"!

A couple days ago I played two back to back that developed the squeal part way through that just got unbearable before tapes end.

Now this I always thought was due to the transport getting sticky but it now seems it is actually the tape itself that is sticking due to lack of lubricant. Who even knew that audio tape was lubricated??

And apparently the worse offenders are the XDR range of tapes that are claimed to all have been faulty direct from the factory.

Watch the youtube video, its got a bit too much blather in it for my liking BUT when he gets to the solution it is quite simple and I can attest to the fact that it WORKS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov9frNzqrhU&t=627s

See Brian, we are not alone!

Great to hear Mofi, and agreed Willy is THE man, and the price he charges for the work he performs is an absolute bargain imho.

My ZX7 that he refurbished is unbelievable.
I also picked up an old 500 Dual Tracer that I need to ask him if he can do anything with, it plays just fine but does not record, not that is a huge worry as can use the ZX7 for all recording duites.
Still working through my pile of Metal Fuji tapes I purchased a while back. 

You could be right Brian but I was hoping the thread title might drag a few members out of hiding........

Nakamichi ZX7 fully serviced and restored to factory specifications by Willy Herman.... The Nakamichi Guru!

Up next....

It's Hard ..... The Who.

Maybe I will resurrect this thread due to the huge number of tapes I have and play on a regular basis.